External Gas Bubble Disease

Skin bubbles or cysts can be an indication of several different ailments and can appear as gas filled vesicles or appear solid or cystic in nature. The clear, gas filled vesicles are usually diagnostic of External Gas Bubble Disease (EGBD). Cystic lesions filled with pus are called abscesses are usually due to Vibrio infections although other bacterial infections are possible. Lesions that tend to be more solid in nature include granulomatous diseases such as Norcardia and Mycobacteria. Granulomata of the skin have also been seen in parasitic infections caused by nematodes. Biopsy of solid lesions, such as these, is the best route for definitive diagnosis. Besides parasites, granulomatous disease usually does not respond to therapy and euthanasia with system sterilization is recommended. Glugea is also a fatal, contagious non-treatable disease that presents with solid lesions that are not granulomatous. It is also easily diagnosed in biopsy material. - information provided by Renee Coles-Hix

Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Gallery Administrator Size: 26 items

Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 134270	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91897	Hippocampus barbouri with gas bubbles Date: 25-05-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93442	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 86201
Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89252	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 89491	Gas Bubble on tail Date: 15-07-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 83070	Bubbles on tail Date: 21-12-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93055
Gas bubbles in tail Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 92274	Hippocampus barbouri with snout bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93510	Tail with bubbles Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93586	Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93019
Trigger with bubbles underneath Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93640	Severe gas bubbles surrounding the eyes Date: 15-09-05 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93249	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 93534	Kuda with gas bubbles on head and torso Date: 05-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91558
Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100037	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 100338	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 99885	Female With Gas Bubble Disease Date: 07-06-03 Owner: Gallery Administrator Views: 107991
Tail with bubbles Date: 01-07-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 99919	Gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 97514	closeup of gas bubbles on tail Date: 09-01-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 96127	Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 94131
Large gas bubble on tail underside Credit: Member "Ponygirl" Date: 01-02-06 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 91674	Large bubble on head Date: 15-03-09 Owner: Terri Rennie Views: 115189

Seahorse Pathology

External Gas Bubble Disease